Snow days.. and a pattern for Valentine's day!

January has been cold and snowy so far here in WV! Which makes me very happy... the more snow, the better! I wish we would get at least a foot! It's nice to be able to watch it fall while you're inside under a blanket - reading, watching movies, or stitching!

It snowed a good bit today. My 4 year old nephew, Julian, associates snow with being at my parents' cabin in the mountains. Each time he has been there they always have a lot of snow, so when it's snowing here at home he asks "Are we going to the cabin?" It's pretty cute :)

Valentine's day is coming up and we have a little throw back for you from our Spring 2013 issue. Kathy Cardiff's "Heart's and Vines" is a perfect little project to work on this month to have ready just in time. 

Spring 2013 is sold out in print, but you are able to purchase the digital version for only $6.99. If you only want this pattern, we are making it available for only $4.99 through Valentine's Day! Click here for the pattern!

Spring 2015

It's here! Spring 2015 has shipped, so if you don't have your copy yet, you will soon. We want to know what projects you're making! Post a photo to our Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #pqprojects.

Kristen and Leah will be making Michelle Joyner's quilt "This is How We Roll" and we will be posting step by step videos on our YouTube page! Subscribe to our YouTube page or subscribe to our newsletter to follow along! We hope to have the first video up in the next week or two :)

Have a great day!

Back from Market and Festival!

Gretchen and Judy were in Houston for 12 days for International Quilt Market and Festival! They had a great time and met a lot of great people!

 Here they are in our booth:

Pretty view!

 A beautiful display in the convention center:

We will be posting videos to our YouTube channel soon, so stay tuned!

Snowman Sampler

Can you believe it's October already?? Neither can we. This is when time really starts flying and it's Christmas before we know it! We decided to do something fun for these weeks leading up to the holidays - a Snowman Sampler Quilt! This is a fun 13-block sampler quilt designed by Jenifer Gaston of Woolen Willow Designs.  At the end of the 13-block series, we will include a finishing pattern for making setting squares and completing the quilt!  Each Block pattern is actual-size...the background blocks are 6.5", however you may want to cut them 7" and then trim down after your stitching is finished. We will post a new block each week to our website. Here is the link to the first block: http://www.primitivequiltsandprojects.com/patterns/product/80-snowman-sampler-pattern-1-of-13.html

 Enjoy!

PQP Aurifil Wool Thread Giveaway!

We hope you all have had a great week! The weekend is almost here, so let's do a giveaway! The winner will get one of our PQP Aurifil Wool Thread sets! It contains 10 small spools (54 yards each) hand-picked by us!

For a chance to win, let us know your all time favorite project from Primitive Quilts and Projects! Comment on this post with your answer to enter. We will pick one lucky winner on Monday, 9/15!

Good luck!!

PS...

The Winter 2014 issue will be here next month!! Have you subscribed or renewed??? If not, click this link to get a BONUS issue! https://w1.buysub.com/servlet/OrdersGateway?cds_mag_code=PQP&cds_page_id=170589

Have a great weekend :)

Top 10 Fall Projects

1. Pumpkin Spice by Kay Harmon - Fall 2013

2.Scaredy Cats by Martha Walker - Fall 2013

 3. Oak Leaves & Acorns Wool Mat by Maggie Bonanomi - Fall 2011

 4. Crow Gossip by Lynda Hall - Fall 2011

 5. Indian Summer by Dawn Shuck - Fall 2013

6. The Great Pumpkin by Plays With Wool - Fall 2012

7. Hallows' Eve by Dawn Heese - Fall 2012

8.  Fat Cats by Jo Ann Mullaly - Fall 2012

9. Midnight In The Pumpkin Patch by Gloria Parsons - Fall 2011

 

10. Autumn Wools by Cheri Payne - Fall 2011

All of these patterns can be found in our back issues, and can be purchased here!
All back issues can be purchased as a digital download, or on CD!
To buy just one back issue on CD, or if you have any other questions, please contact Kristen at 304-375-4100 or kristen@primitivequiltsandprojects.com

Happy Stitching!!

Show Us Your Work!

Do you have your Fall 2014 issue yet? Have you started any of the projects? We would love to know what you're working on, even if it's from a back issue! In our last newsletter, we asked our readers to share pictures of their projects on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using #pqprojects. Here are some pictures we've received so far!

Carol W. made Daylilly Days from Summer 2014

Charlotte M. made Berry Time from Summer 2014

Cindy R. made Sweet Autumn from Fall 2012

Click here to see more finished projects on our "Show Us Your Work" Pinterest board!

Fall 2014

This issue contains the perfect balance of large, medium and small projects. Like I said in my last post, the projects were photographed at the Henderson Hall Plantation, a 19th-century pre-Civil War mansion in our hometown, Williamstown, WV. I took some photos of my own during the photo shoot to share with you:

This is the back of the mansion. The front of it faces the Ohio river.

This is inside the school house. It's believed to be the oldest in WV.

Everything inside is original to the Henderson family. You will find interesting captions throughout the magazine that accompany several of the project photos. We can't wait for you to see it!

You can preorder a copy or subscribe on our website. If you want wholesale information for your shop, you can contact Kristen at kristen@primitivequiltsandprojects.com.

Summer is Here!

We sure are enjoying this warm weather here in WV! We've been taking full advantage of it too! My boyfriend, Josh, and I took a trip to Parsons, WV last weekend for a kayaking and camping trip. It was absolutely beautiful! Here is a picture that I took on the Cheat River:

The scenery was just breathtaking. I wrote more about our trip in our upcoming e-newsletter, so be sure to sign up for it if you haven't already. We will send it out next Tuesday, June 24th.

Another way to enjoy the outdoors is to do your sewing outside! I don't have the best set up in my back yard yet, so I want you all to share pictures if you have an outside sewing spot so I can get some inspiration. Here is a picture my mom (Judy) sent me of her set up outside at her mountain home:

She gets to sew outside while looking out into the Monongahela National Forest... isn't she lucky??
So when you share your pictures, you can post them to our Facebook page, Twitter, or Instagram. Be sure to tag us in your photo and use #sewoutside.  We are also on Google+ now, so be sure to follow us if you are on there!

July is almost here, which means our Fall 2014 issue will be here soon! This time, our photo shoot was in historic Henderson Hall, a 19th-century mansion located near our office in Williamstown, West Virginia.

Here is a little preview of the cover!

I hope you all enjoy your weekend, and I look forward to seeing your pictures!

Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel!

Good morning!!

The dust has finally settled from Quilt Market! Now I'm on to my next project... YouTube! So be sure to subscribe to our channel here for our latest creations! We have our videos from Quilt Market posted, and I've created a preview of our Summer 2014 issue.

 
We also plan on uploading sneak peeks of our future issues, photo shoots, tutorials, and more! So be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you don't miss a thing!

Back From Quilt Market

We had such a wonderful time at Quilt Market! Although our booth walls did NOT turn out the way we had planned, we brainstormed and came up with a great alternative plan. As you can see, we had one printed wall and one blank wall (they were both supposed to be printed)...

So we made a last minute trip to JoAnn's (thankfully there was one nearby) bought 12 yards of burlap and other supplies, and came up with this:

Not too shabby for winging it! Here are some more pictures from Market:

We had Mom from "Ask Mom" with us. She loved meeting our readers!

Diane Knott stopped by to meet us. This is Diane next to her Hearts and Stripes Forever quilt from our current issue.

This is a nice view of only half of the booths that were there!

"Mom" (I call her Grandma) and Jeni in our booth :)

And this is downtown Pittsburgh on a beautiful day!

We had a great experience here, and we are already looking forward to Quilt Market in Houston!

Offices Almost Ready!

Hello, again!

Our offices are coming along nicely. The wall is just about done, and we've cleared out most of the area so we can start bringing our furniture in. The rooms will be separated with walls made of old doors for now.

   Our future conference/ meeting room

   The entrance into Kristen's office

   Gretchen and Leah's offices

Notice the twinkle lights and fake logs under the mantle :) Haha  

There will be a wall in between the windows separating Gretchen and Leah's offices. We will probably have the mantle in our meeting room when it's all finished. We can't wait until it's all ready! More to come soon :)

Our New Offices!

Good morning!

It's a rainy day here in WV. I have a few things I'd like to share with you all. Kristen's fiance, Neal, is building our new PQP offices where the Woolen Willow used to be. It's coming along really nicely! Here's the progress so far:

We are all so excited!

I also got some sewing done last night. I have about 15 blocks finished now :) Here are some pictures of my cat, Charlie, who loves being in the middle of whatever you're doing.

She's so funny :) She has so much fluff that it's hard to tell what you're looking at sometimes!

I hope everyone has a great weekend! I'm sure I will have more progress to share with you next week!